Dock Six Chronicles: The Official Ultimate Dock Rock Playlist
If I had a Boat- Lyle Lovett (C'mon, any song with the lyrics, "Kiss my ass, I bought a boat" is worthy.)
Southern Cross- Crosby, Stills and Nash
Southern Breeze- Isley Brothers (Some prefer the Seals & Crofts original- this cover is better.)
Mexico- James Taylor
Easy- Lionel Richie & Willie Nelson (Is it a cover if the original writer/singer re-records it, better?)
FM- Steely Dan (No static, at all.)
Green Onions- Booker T & The MGs
Slip Slidin' Away- Paul Simon
Beth- KISS (Tell me I'm wrong.)
Couldn't Get It Right- Climax Blues Band
People Gotta Move- Gino Vannelli (Boz Scaggs' DNA is all over this.)
Sunday Morning- Maroon 5
Pilot- Ian Thomas (Another Boz-styled mumbler )
Sittin' (On the Dock of The Bay)- Otis Redding
I'll Be Around- The Spinners
Pepper- Wake Up
Bob Marley- Get up, Stand Up
Peter Gabriel- Biko
Ain't No Sunshine- Bill Withers
Promises, Promises- Naked Eyes
Good Times- Chic
Get Lucky- Daft Punk (Promises, Good Times and Get Lucky are best played as a three song arc to get the full Nile Rodgers guitar effect)
Love On a Real Train- Tangerine Dream
Eminence Front- The Who
Fallen Angel- Robbie Robertson
Heaven- Simply Red
What a Fool Believes- The Doobie Brothers
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
Sail On- The Commodores
Sara Smile- Hall & Oates
Night Moves- Bob Seger ("...autumn closing in..." sends shivers down my spine.)
Ain't Even Done With The Night- John Mellencamp
Why Can't I Fall In Love- Ivan Neville
Love the One You're With - Stephen Stills/ Isley Brothers/ Luther Vandross (One original, two covers, three different feels, all great.)
Forever Young- Bob Dylan
Reflections- The Supremes
You're So Vain- Carly Simon
Chain of Fools- Aretha Franklin
After the Love is Gone- Earth, Wind and Fire
Little Wing- Stevie Ray Vaughan
Wondering Where the Lions Are- Bruce Cockburn
Games People Play- Alan Parsons Project
How Long- Ace
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys- Traffic
Avalon- Roxy Music
Woman in Chains- Tears For Fears ("Woman.." and "Avalon" are another matched pair, best heard together.)
Miss You- Everything But the Girl
Birmingham- Amanda Marshall
Tiny Dancer- Elton John
Love is the Answer- England Dan and John Ford Coley
Another Auld Lang Syne- Dan Fogelberg ("Love..." and "Another..." should be played back to back to get the full soprano sax effect)
That Girl- Stevie Wonder
Take Five- Dave Brubeck